Lebanon’s PM-designate Saad Hariri has stepped down after nine months in the job, citing “key differences” with the president, leaving the cash-strapped country leaderless.
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An investigation into a leak of CCTV footage of Matt Hancock kissing his aide has led to two homes being raided and computers being seized.
Instagram has admitted a mistake in its technology meant the racist comments and emojis sent to England players, were not removed.
Levelling up: More powers for local leaders: Boris Johnson has set out the “skeleton” of a plan to “level up” the country, by spreading power and opportunity more evenly.
The Guardian says Boris Johnson will attempt to reassure Tory MPs in south-east England that his flagship “levelling up” policy does not involve directly favouring the party’s new power base.
The Independent says levelling up is one of the most familiar of the government’s slogans, but nowhere is it precisely defined. Is Boris Johnson’s promise achievable?
The Times says Britain is firing on only “one cylinder”, Boris Johnson said today as he called for a national effort to improve the economic performance of the North and Midlands.
The Times says Britney Spears won the right last night to choose her own lawyer to help to end the 13-year-long conservatorship that controls her personal and business affairs.
The i says up to 60,000 people could die this winter due to a “lethal triple mix” of seasonal viruses and Covid-19 that could leave the NHS is “unable to cope”
The i says spending in pubs and bars rose by almost 40 per cent in June as people flocked to watch the Euros and enjoy a spell of sunshine.
The i says Josh Helfgott has been intensely worried about Britney Spears since 2008 when the singer had a public breakdown
The Guardian says Rishi Sunak said Britain’s economy was bouncing back after the latest official figures showed the number of workers on payrolls surged in June by 356,000.
The Guardian says heavy rain and once-in-a-generation floods has caused the collapse of six houses in Germany’s western state of Rhineland-Palatinate
The Guardian says Britney Spears can select her own attorney for her conservatorship case, a judge ruled on Wednesday during an emotional hearing
The Guardian says the government gave “VIP treatment” to a firm offering Covid testing facilities which had entered the system “informally”
The Guardian says the South African govt has sought to deploy about 25,000 troops to curb unrest, now in its sixth day, amid fears of food and fuel shortages.
The i says a court has ordered a likely reduction to the prison sentence that Tiger King star Joe Exotic is serving for abusing animals and plotting to murder rescue campaigner Carole Baskin.
The i says since England lost the final of the Euros on Sunday, children across the country have proved themselves to be far more forgiving and empathetic than some of their adult counterparts.
The Times says athletes bowing before a dignitary to have a ribbon placed around their necks will be replaced at the Tokyo Olympics by a self-service buffet of gold, silver and bronze.
The Times says salt and sugar taxes should be introduced to drive a revolution in Britain’s diet, a government-ordered review has concluded.
The Times says the head of the Met Police has defended her officers over the chaos at the Euro 2020 final as the force said it had prevented the match being abandoned
The Times says the number of people dying of a drug overdose in the US rose to a record high during the pandemic, researchers say.
There is “alarm” as the Amazon rainforest is now emitting more carbon dioxide than it is able to absorb, according to the Guardian.
The PM has been accused of an “expensive vanity project” after a “Brexit jet” that was meant to promote the UK abroad has been “rarely used”, according to the i.
The Times says firms are calling Covid rules a “mess”after the government’s update on masks and businesses are saying they are being “left in legal limbo”